Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Banishing the temporary

While I try to avoid this situation, I have been known to succumb. The biggest temporary-item problem in my current house? The white vinyl roller shades in the upstairs bedrooms. When we bought the house, I thought the window treatments were staying, so I was surprised to find myself with bare windows upstairs. In order to get my kids to sleep on time in a different timezone and in the midst of summer, I ran to Home Depot, paid $30 a piece, and came home with White. Vinyl. Roller shades.

In the girls room, I did what I could,block printing them into something quite cute, actually. In the guet room I simply ignored them. What I really wanted? Bamboo blinds. I love them. I have pretty much always had them in every home ever. And I knew that at the size I needed they were custom, and therefore expensive.

Or were they?

I recently discovered, thanks to Bryn Alexandra's blog, that overstock.com stocks bamboo blinds in virtually every size imaginable, and in many color to boot. I used my birthday money from my mother-in-law and had a pair on their way in no time.

(Do you like that my 6-year old has already entered her "goth" phase? And that her hair sticks up like she never washes it?)

I chose to put the same type in both of the bedrooms for continuity, and chose a light tone similar to the wood trim to keep the blinds from becoming a new element. While I was trying with all my might to ignore the old shades, I am so happy that I was able to banish the temporary solution for the permanent fix.

5 comments:

They look great! I've bought similar bamboo blinds from Overstock and they've served me well. No problem with breaking--so maybe this is an instance where it doesn't take a major investment to get something good!

I love Bamboo shades and have for a long time. Love the texture they add. I got mine at Home Depot and never had a problem with them! And my daughter is 14 and fully embracing the goth thing. Hoping that's a phase...

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